Sentence examples for prior act from inspiring English sources
On the other hand, if Ryle insists that manifestation of knowledge-that requires a prior act, it seems there is no principled reason why manifestations of knowledge-how wouldn't be subject to the same requirement.
A treaty may supersede a prior act of Congress, and an act of Congress may supersede a prior treaty".
"None of the funds made available by this joint resolution or any prior Act may be provided to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN ), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations," reads section 163 in HR 2918.
This prior act is what we call step-zero.
High levels of suicidal intent were rarely found: only five patients reported a desire to end their life in connection with their most recent self-harm or a prior act.
As Hill and Hupe (2002, p. 4) state, the act of implementation "presupposes a prior act, particularly the "cognitive act" of formulating what needs to be done and making a decision on that".
The resource guide explains that the government has been willing to limit enforcement actions provided the parent company gives prompt disclosure of prior acts and cooperates with regulators.
Fay Vincent, who preceded Selig as commissioner and also once served with the Securities and Exchange Commission, said disclosure of prior acts of a person or company was always important "so people can have knowledge of the background of people they're dealing with".
The judge sided with prosecutors in deciding that she would tell the jury members that they could consider evidence of prior acts by Andersen at other companies it audited, like Sunbeam and Waste Management.
Prosecutors hope to raise details of the other cases in their opening statements, while Andersen is seeking to have all of the evidence of prior acts excluded as more likely to prejudice the jury than to provide them with information necessary to render a verdict.
The defendants' prior acts are not admissible unless they bring them up themselves, and Mr. Sharpton said that Mr. Culleton's statement meant that the record of the other three defendants -- all of whom were involved in previous shootings -- could now be brought up.
